WEBVTT BREAKING NEWS -- THE FIRST TROPICAL STORM IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS IS HITTING THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. WE JUST GOT THIS REPORT FROM THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. I'M REPORTING FROM DOWNTOWN HILO ON THE BIG ISLAND. TROPICAL STORM ISELLE IS PASSING A BIG PUNCH. THE RAIN IS CONSTANT. THIS IS THE WORST WE HAVE SEEN IT ALL MIGHT. THE STRONG WIND HAS NOT DOWN TREES -- KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND BRANCHES. 15,000 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER ON THE BIG ISLAND. 1200 PEOPLE ARE IN THE 12 SHELTERS ACROSS THE STATE. CONDITIONS ARE DETERIORATING HERE. I WANT TO STEP OUT AND SHOW YOU HOW STRONG THE WIND IS. THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN AS WELL. THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN HORIZONTALLY. WE HAVE THREE BRANCHES JUST 50 YARDS AWAY THE GAME DOWN. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE LIGHTNING AND THUNDER AS WELL. CONDITIONS ARE DETERIORATING HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND AS TROPICAL STORM ISELLE MAKES HER LANDFALL. RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO TURN TO SALLY SEVERSON. SHE IS WATCHING THIS FOREST. -- THIS FOR US. IS A SLOW-MOVING STORM. THIS IS A BIG RAINMAKER, FOR ESPECIALLY THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. YOU CAN SEE AS WE SPEND THE RADAR, I'M GOING TO OUTLINE A LOOK AT THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. I WILL PAUSE THE RADAR . YOU CAN SEE WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME VERY STRONG STORMS THAT ARE JUST BEGINNING TO APPROACH HILO SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. IT DOES LOOK AS IF ISE LLE WILL SCRAPE ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. IT WILL SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES OVER THE ISLANDS AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. BUT THIS IS A BIG RAINMAKER. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH JULIO. THIS IS A CATEGORY THREE STORM WITH 120 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.